Meltreen Sikele

Experience

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  Actuarial Students Society of Kenya

  May 2015 - May 2016

  Organising Secretary

  Organised several events like product design competitions, career talks, dinner/cocktail, student outreach programs and Actuarial techniques training (to mention a few) with an objective to empower prospective actuaries on industry expectations and sensitize them on a real world actuaries practice as an additive to the technical skills they acquire in classrooms.

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  Zamara Kenya

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Actuarial Intern

  Mainly focused on the Kenya Employee Benefits Barometer, a survey focused on employee benefits provided by various employers in Kenya. My main responsibilities were: Generating the questionnaire using Google Survey, Sending invite fliers together with the questionnaire to various employers, Following up on the employers’ progress with the questionnaires, Recording the responses on Excel for data analysis.Performed financial reviews.Editing Investment Policy Statements.

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  Kenbright Actuarial and Financial Services (KAFS)

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

  Actuarial Intern

  Helped towards the day to day functioning of the Actuarial department at Kenbright Holdings taking on roles such as: Data analysis, Preparing draft proposals, Following up on submitted tenders and proposals, Posting transactions on Odoo among others.

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  Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

  Feb 2018 - Jun 2018

  Research Assistant

  Conducted interviews on the Annual Kenya Economic Survey (2017) and the Informal Sector Skills and Occupation Survey (ISSOS) using Survey CTO.

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  Assent Compliance Inc

  Sept 2018 - Aug 2019

  Research and Data Associate

  Building requested target company, supplier, parts and regulatory information lists (and confirming existing data) using tools including LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, Data.com among others; Completing unique projects requiring research and problem solving.

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  Africa Mission - Cooperation & Development

  Feb 2021 - May 2021

  Monitoring and Evaluation Intern

  Assigned to the project: Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in the Karamoja sub-region (F-SURE) where I developed the M&E plans and tools such as the Logical Framework, IPTT, research tools among others. Other tasks included: submitting progress reports as required, supporting in administrative duties of the M&E department, data collection, data entry, data cleaning and analysis.

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  Africa Mission - Cooperation & Development

  Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

  Monitoring And Evaluation Officer

  Work in close collaboration with project managers to develop monitoring and evaluation tools required for various projects that are being implemented by C&D in the sectors of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); Agriculture and Livestock; Healthcare and Socio-Education. Perform analysis of data, providing both descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as qualitative analysis, that allows for an enhanced understanding of project indicators. Assist in preparation of monitoring and evaluation reports documenting the findings of evaluation processes. Support the M&E manager to ensure that data queries are addressed in an accurate and timely manner. Show less

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  IDinsight

  Mar 2022 - now

  Roles include partner interactions, in-depth statistical/econometric analysis, field team management, client interactions, and internal team building.

  • Senior Associate

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Associate

    Mar 2022 - Dec 2024